Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction While escorting a convoy KMF

While escorting a convoy KMF 8

starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw

surrounded by a wreath composed of laurel leaves on the left and oak leaves on the right

measuring 106 mm x 43 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Blockade Runner Badge, by Schwerin Auction While escorting a convoy KMF(Kriegsabzeichen fr Blockadebrecher). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, around a central depiction of a blockade runner cutting through waves and breaking the chain along the bottom edge, with its bow overlaid by a German national eagle in mid flight and clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, designer marked OTTO PLACZEK, BERLIN